The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-06
URGING THE GOVERNOR.
THREE OF THE ANARCHISTS CON-
SENT TO ASK FOR CLEMENCY.
Prominent Lawyers Sign Petitions
Justus Schwab Urges the Reluctant
to Plead for Mercy-The Governor
Reticent, but Thinking Hard.


Chicago, H., Nov DAY after day long
lists OF citizens, who have hitherto been
emphatic in their demand for the intliction
Of the extreme penalty Of the law on the
condemned anarchists, appear attached TO
petitions for communication. Among these,
the names of eminent members of the bar
and bench attract the most attention. A
reporter requested several Of the legal
lights TO give their reasons for signing the
petitions. w. G. Goudey said;s These
men are guilty. There il no doubt Of that.
They are guilty Of murder, but IL must DO
remembered that this IL not a case OF ordi-
nary physical assassination. The question
is whether they should be punished to the
full extent of the law This in the first
time that question has come up since the
Jury decided il. Judge Gary might have
passed Upon il in denying a new trial, but
did not Tho supreme court Of the State
simply declared that there was no legal
record in the record OF that trial, and the
supreme court Of the United States decided
there was no legal ground upon which
il comes now for the Governor 20 decide
whether or not the extreme penalty should
be- messd out TO these men. II may be
urged In heir favor that they had often
before talked more violently than they did
nj the llaymarkot meeting. Tho mayor
al the city, its highest officer, was appealed
10 TO suppress their talk and stop their pa
per, hui he refused, insisting that they
had right 10 talk and write that way.
This gave them Kind OF license for the
talk the night OF the murder. IL IL a
question oi public policy, and | am GER
tain that the execution oil these men is
not the way 10 suppress anarchistic ideas
or socialistic tendencies among the masses.
MY idea is that they should be sent 10
Joliet for life, put into stripes and treated
simply as common ielons. Those men are
honest in their declaration that they would
rather be hung than sent 10 prison for life.
The point is that they will De robbed Of all
the romance, the scntimcntality, the cx-
altalion of martyrdOm.'
TX Scuator Trumbull said: ~ am not
taking an acliye part In this matter, but
signed the petition because | thought II
was best. | was not altogether satisfied
with the manner in which the trial of the
anarchists was conducted. IL took place
nj n time Of great public excitement, when
Il was about impossible that they should
have lair and impartial trial. A terrible
crime had been committed, which was ut
tributod to the anarchists, aud in some no
spects the trial had the appearance Of n
trial OF an organization known ms anarchists
mthcr fiim of persons indicted for the
Inur,lcrof began Several Of the condemned
wcn not 1T the meeting where the
bomb vas thrown, and none Of them, ~
understand, were directly connected with
It's throwing. The condemned claim, how
ever enormously, that they nr the adj
vocaics Of hprincplc, and Ia execute them
would, in my judgment, be- bad policy. II
will I've claimed Tor them that they were
exccflcd as q martyrs 10 u cause, while, II
put IN prison, they will soon be- furgoiicn.'
Judge Moran said his reasons Tor sign
Ing the petition were similar Ia those OF
ex-senator Trumbun. "lt " now simply
question OF public policy lac Esid,
"whstlN'r FOR iivt thei-a uicn. should bc
hanged. Mtic pity for the men cuts no
figure. II IL not customary Ia this country
20 hang a fellow for. talking. The scnii.
mcnt is 20 let him talk, that the people
will be all right anyhow. Besides, will II
pay Ia nlluw those men to became matlyrs2
Among the lahnring aud middle classes
will II not gNc rise 10 the belief, unioundcd
though II We, that man of wealth can say
what lac pleascs, but u lnhowr, ~ lalOr's
niouthpiCcc, talks lac will bc hnngcd2
Many acts rs well ~ statements nfo mia.
construed aud developed into far reaching
JURISPRUDENCE The reasons given by
thcse gentlemen SEEN Ia voice the scnii.
monis " tho majority OF the petitioners.
$3.50
CmcAoo, illl, Nov b.-Now that thcr,
seems TO bc a stampede In the direction o.
the Communication oi tho sentence OF IN,
condemned anarchists, il may bc well "a
mention what the effect Of II has already
been IN very important section OF the
community police force. Alridy /
feeling akin 10 dbsnay has arisen among
tho blue coats A veteran officer voiced
the gcncril sentiment OF tho iocc thi,
morning when he said. "If these men m,
allowed TO triumph over the law through
the Ineddlesomc intervention Of the people,
10 save Whose lives and property W. riskcd
our own ON That awful night sSpMay 4, you
will find that the police fond of Chicngu
will never fight another battle with Chi.
tAgo anarchists. Il IA all very well 10 say
ba terrible thing W take seven human
hws. but SAY u Is not morc terrible than
the way Ia which they took tho lives ii
seven OF our boys aud manned dozens ol
them that May evening. But | sup.
pose the HE IL a police
officer i nothing when weighed against
that Vl nn anarchist ! suppose IL " oui
duty N be huichrrcd In defense Of the
community and receive no protection from
A a
the only protection W. can receive IN th,
fitting punishment OF those whom We hay,
brought % hay. II u all right lor iudgr,
20 Eay that these men will preach thcii
doCtrinca moro cloQuCntly dead than alive
but ! icll you II they escape the gllowi
the docthncs 81 anarchy will be preached
- elogucnily that those who took par
In obtaining The communication will live I,
rue Tie day they dii ~. for our part,
police Of Chicngo viii he morr cautious In
rsking their lives aud facing anarchist
bombs Than they Wrrr u year ugo last May
II The all mercy and 20 Justice doctrine y
tooblain, the discomfort, 10 Va believed
fion.
Tue Pressure .. the Governor.
SrmSoTtrLD, H., Nov. 5.-'rhe inter 81
IN The anarchist casc ~ approaching ieyc
heat 81 the capital and throughout contra
Illinois ~ the date Of the execution OF IN,
condemned men grows ncarur and ncarcr
Every movement Of Gov. oglo,by q
watched with icnii curiosity, and M
rigid surveillance which hc encounters oi
every side hns becomo ~ irksomo 10 Mi
exccllcncy that he has deemed u best &,
enforce the striciot rules Of secrecy In N,
Qafd Ga All Lila nrlioua A futnii nftuV 4,